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Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Democracy is an extraordinary adventure. It's difficult, full of daring and risk and danger. But it's the greatest gift we have.

Democracy is not simply a question of structures. It is a state of mind. It is an activity. And part of that activity is honesty.

I believe that democracy is about values before it is about voting. These values must be nurtured within society and integrated into the electoral process itself.

Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them.

Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people.

Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.